Last week we announced during the meeting that the proceeds of the Raceday Jackpot were going to be donated to unlucky Nathan Stoneman.
Thanks to your support were able to present Nathan with £175 on the night to help him while he recovers. Unfortunately, during the meeting another Cheetah took a knock, when Lewi Kerr mistook the air fence on the fourth bend for a trampoline park. Those of you who weren’t here have likely seen the video of poor Lewi ten feet in the air, and we can all agree the air fence did an outstanding job of making sure he was able to walk back to the pits unassisted, even if he did have his bell rung a bit. This week we’ll be donating the Raceday Jackpot takings to Lewi to go towards freshening up his equipment after the big impact, so dig deep and come and see us at the main gate, or upstairs in the Champs Bar, to be part of the draw. Prices remain at £2 for three strips – that’s 15 chances to win – and there’s a £100 top prize, at least one other cash prize, and a trip to the centregreen up for grabs.
Speaking of last week’s draw, we still have two unclaimed prizes. So if you’ve found orange tickets 202 or 160 in your clipboard, coat or wallet come and bring them to us and we’ll reunite you with your prizes. Orange 202 is worth £100, and orange 160 is worth £50, so it’s well worth you having another look. If you can’t hear us announce the results on the night, come and see us in the bar and we’ll fill you in. We also put pictures of the tickets on the OSSC socials (“Oxford Speedway Supporters” on Facebook, and @OSSCTweets on Twitter) every week, and also on the OSSC website at www.OSSC.me.uk. If any prizes ae unclaimed at the end of the night I’ll also include them in the programme notes for the following weeks, just like this.
Last week also saw us set up at the Ampleforth in Risinghurst for the year’s first OSSC SGP BBQ (you wouldn’t want that as a scrabble hand, would you?). At the time of writing I can’t say what happened in the meeting, but I’d like to think everyone that came along had a good time and enjoyed themselves. We’ll have put some pictures from the afternoon on the Supporters Club socials and the website, so check them out and feel free to drop by on 13th May for the next round. I make no guarantees about the quality of the racing but I we do our best to ensure everyone leaves well fed.
The only SGP we won’t be running a barbecue for this year is the British SGP in Cardiff, and that’s because we’ll be there in person. We’ll be once again running a coach, leaving Sandy Lane in time to get to Cardiff for lunch, and then returning after the grand prix has concluded. While we can’t confirm the cost per seat at the moment, last year we were able to charge only £25 per adult, which was by far the cheapest way to get to Cardiff. If you’re considering going to the grand prix, come and see us and get your name on our list, it really is the easiest way to start and end your day.
And so on to tonight, for our first Championship fixture of the year. For the last two weeks we’ve seen (near) 20 point victories for the good guys here at Sandy Lane. Here’s hoping we can continue the run and kick off the league in style against the Bears.